Silly but serious question

Wick3d_1 · May 19, 2021

Do chalice corals truly encrust? I want to get a ceramic reef safe skull and put a rainbow chalice on it to hopefully fully encrust it. (Cheesy I know but I love the look of encrusted reef sculptures). Thanks

nanonøkk · May 19, 2021

by truly do you mean do they attach their full skeleton to it or do they hover encrust over it like this is what you mean because they do both

edit just came up with a better example picture two

Wick3d_1 · May 19, 2021

Fully attach to it. Not plate out like montis do. Similar to the way Leptos do.

nanonøkk · May 19, 2021

Wick3d_1 said:
Fully attach to it. Not plate out like montis do. Similar to the way Leptos do.

ok well then your awnser would be both unless you get a really well fitted chalice coral frag that is flush enough for it to do that

Shirak · May 19, 2021

I think it would depend greatly on the type of chalice you got as there are 4 or 5 different genera of 'chalice' corals.

Wick3d_1 · May 19, 2021

I kinda figured that. I just haven't found any of the other encrusting corals that I really like. I'm unsure of what kind of chalice the frag I was looking at is. It's a tiny piece of no name but gorgeous. So, there's no way to know until it grows out.

Shirak · May 19, 2021

Wick3d_1 said:
I kinda figured that. I just haven't found any of the other encrusting corals that I really like. I'm unsure of what kind of chalice the frag I was looking at is. It's a tiny piece of no name but gorgeous. So, there's no way to know until it grows out.

Do you have a picture? So if you put it on top of the skull it will either grow nicely all over the surface or will make a nice sombrero for your sculpture :)